dubois@uwmacc.UUCP (Paul DuBois) (08/17/85)
This quote is less famous, so it may be more difficult.
THEY'RE REPEATING THE WHOLE HISTORY OF THE HUMAN RACE. There's
nothing in the world more fascinating than watching a child grow and
develop. At first you think of it as just a matter of growing bigger.
Then, as the infant begins to do things, you may think of it as
"learning tricks." But it's really more complicated and full of
meaning than that. The development of each child retraces the whole
history of the human race, physically and spiritually, step by step.
Babies start off in the womb as a single tiny cell, just the way the
first living thing apeared in the ocean. Weeks later, as they lie in
the amniotic fluid in the womb, they have gills like fish. Toward the
end of the first year of life, when they learn to clamber to their
feet, they're celebrating that period millions of years ago when our
ancestors got up off all fours. It's just at that time that babies
are learning to use their fingers with skill and delicacy. Our
ancestors stood up because they had found more useful things to do
with their hands than walking on them.
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Paul DuBois {allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois --+--
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Ritual and Ceremony: Life Itself. |dubois@uwmacc.UUCP (Paul DuBois) (09/07/85)
> This quote is less famous, so it may be more difficult. > > THEY'RE REPEATING THE WHOLE HISTORY OF THE HUMAN RACE. There's > nothing in the world more fascinating than watching a child grow and > develop. At first you think of it as just a matter of growing bigger. > Then, as the infant begins to do things, you may think of it as > "learning tricks." But it's really more complicated and full of > meaning than that. The development of each child retraces the whole > history of the human race, physically and spiritually, step by step. > Babies start off in the womb as a single tiny cell, just the way the > first living thing apeared in the ocean. Weeks later, as they lie in > the amniotic fluid in the womb, they have gills like fish. Toward the > end of the first year of life, when they learn to clamber to their > feet, they're celebrating that period millions of years ago when our > ancestors got up off all fours. It's just at that time that babies > are learning to use their fingers with skill and delicacy. Our > ancestors stood up because they had found more useful things to do > with their hands than walking on them. Benjamin Spock said it! It's from _Baby and Child Care_, Pocket Books, New York, 1976. I think it's garbage, of course. Misinformation, etc. -- | Paul DuBois {allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois --+-- | "A mind like cement: thoroughly mixed and permanently set" |